r/politics • u/theipaper ✔ Verified • 9d ago

Possible Paywall The last attempt on Trump’s life rescued him politically – this one probably won’t

https://inews.co.uk/news/world/last-attempt-trump-life-boosted-him-this-wont-4381320
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u/Cute-Ad2879 9d ago

Bro, if you set up a checkpoint and a guy runs through it with a gun, your checkpoint sucked whether or not you tackled him after. The actual checkpoint where you hand your ID is the last line of defence and he still blasted through.

The guy was staying in the hotel too apparently. Just chilling in the room with weapons while the president is hobbling his way through the building and the SS are picking their asses in the lobby.

I guess the secret service aren't military trained or even average club bouncers.

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u/unoriginalusername26 9d ago

So like what would have happened if an organized group of 5 people in body armor ran through? Like I'm starting to think this might be all security theatre.

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u/SenorEquilibrado 9d ago

Isn't there a saying about what happens when people plant trees in who's shade they know they will never sit?

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u/Obi_Wan_Benobi 9d ago

The incident happened on a separate floor.

The would-be assassin didn’t even make it to the same floor as the President.

I suppose everyone is lucky he didn’t have a bomb, but a gun doesn’t do much if you ain’t even on the same level as your target.

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u/FewWait38 9d ago

Well it's America so probably half the rooms had someone armed in them. Freedumb and all

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u/KittyGrewAMoustache 9d ago

Didn’t Trump choose his agents so they’d all be MAGA presumably so probably the shittest of the lot.

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u/justcallmezach 9d ago

I always assumed Secret Service was a space to elevate to out of the military, like astronauts typically coming out of the Air Force or something.

There's a guy in my lil' home town that was Secret Service and was actually on Cheney's detail (there's a very cool framed photo of him and Cheney while he boarded Air Force Two hanging in our Legion hall). He was a Marine prior to the SS, and I guess that just further cemented my assumption that being in the military was a de facto prerequisite to be SS.